2006 Activities and News

We would also like to thank several families for going above and beyond: the Carazo's, the Tarazona's, the Vermillion's and the Davis/Wilson's.

A big thank you to all the parents for helping set-up, for cooking all the yummy goodies, to Doug and his cooking crew and to President Valerie for all her planning and organizing this fun event.

• Grace Arnold, JR (Div I) - 200 IM
• Kristy Beal, JR (Div I) - 200 IM and 100 breast
• Chrysanthia Cheung-Lau, JR (Div II) - 200 IM and 100 fly
• Danielle Coville, JR (Div IV) - 100 breast and 200 IM
• Alicia Witter, SR (Div I) - 200 free and 100 back
• Eric Hauck, SO (Div II) - 500 free
• Jordan Harris, FR (Div II) - 100 free
• David Hine, JR (Div II) - 200 IM and 100 breast
• Dean Holcomb, JR (Div II) - 200 IM and 500 free
• Winner Sa-Nguansap, JR (Div II) - 200 IM and 100 fly
• Jack Wiese, SR (Div III) - 200 free and 100 fly

Great swimming everyone!!

CONGRATS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

Posted May 9, 2006: All of our outstanding high school swimmers competed, this past week, in their respective high school league prelims and finals. The following swimmers were crowned 2006 League Champions:

Baseline League

• David Chen, 50 free and 100 fly
• Dean Holcomb, 500 free
• David Hine, 100 breast
• Chrysanthia Cheung-Lau, 200 I.M. and 100 fly

Sierra League

• Grace Arnold, 500 free
• Kristy Beal, 200 I.M. and 100 breast
• Alicia Witter, 200 free and 100 back

Winner Sa-Nguansap from Troy won the his league's 200 I.M. and 100 fly while Jack Wiese from Webb won the 200 free and 100 fly at his league finals.

We want to wish all of our TCC swimmers good luck at CIF - swim fast!!

CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR “BC” TEAM!

Posted March 21, 2006: Congratulations to our “BC” Team who finished in 2nd place at the 2006 “BC” Championship Meet. Our 65 swimmers led the entire meet, losing the point lead after the last set of relays. The following swimmers were crowned “BC” Champions:

“B” Division

• Melanie Bithell, 6, 25 back
• Josh Hartman, 8, 50 free
• Brandon Whittington, 9, 50 back
• Karissa Vermillion, 10, 100 fly
• Helen Arase, 14, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back
• Megan Lambert, 13, 100 fly, 200 fly
• Olivia O’Neill, 14, 50 free
• Greg Phillips, 13, 200 breast
• Renee Bletcher, 15, 200 back, 500 free
• Brian Chen, 17, 500 free, 200 back, 200 I.M.
• Andrew Colson, 18, 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 100 breast

“C” Division

• Anthony Carazo, 8, 100 I.M.
• Josh Hartman, 8, 100 free
• Bryce Furukawa, 9, 100 breast
• Brandon Whittington, 9, 200 free, 100 back, 100 I.M.
• Kelly Cooper, 11, 200 free
• Taylor Elhai, 11, 100 back
• Amanda Patton, 11, 50 back, 100 I.M.
• Alvin Liu, 16, 500 free, 200 fly

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!!!

EADS SCORES AT 2006 CA/NEVADA SWIMMING SECTIONALS

Posted March 19, 2006: Courtney Eads scored big points for the TCC Swim Team at the 2006 California/Nevada Swimming Sectional Championships held in Mission Viejo. Courtney placed 1st in the 100 butterfly, 200 free and 200 I.M. She also was a close second in both the 200 butterfly and 500 free. In addition, Courtney qualified for the Summer National competition, held later this summer, in both the 100 and 200 butterfly.

Several other TCC swimmers had impressive swims at the meet:

• Kristy Beal, 16 had a lifetime bests in the 100 breast (13th) and 400 I.M.;
• Danielle Coville, 16, was 20th in the 100 breast;
• Samantha Shellem, 13, placed 6th in the 200 free (lifetime best), 4th in the 500 free and 9th in the 1000 free;
• Alicia Witter, 17, finished 16th in the 100 back;
• David Chen, 16, placed 7th in 200 butterfly and 16th in the 100 butterfly;
• David Hine, 17, had lifetime best times in the 50 and 100 free, and 200 I.M. (14th); and
• Jack Wiese, 18, was 12th in the 100 back, 18th in the 200 butterfly and 19th in the 100 butterfly.

The swim team placed 8th in the overall standings which is the highest placing for TCC at this prestigious competition.

Also qualifying for Sectionals were Chrysanthia Cheung-Lau, Trinity O’Neill, Ashley Woods, and Eric Hauck.

Congrats on a SUPER Sectionals!!

TREMENDOUS TIMES AT 2006 SPRING SWIMMING JUNIOR OLYMPICS

Posted March 19, 2006: The dreary weather didn’t dampen the efforts of the TCC Swim Team at the recent 2006 Spring Junior Olympics held at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. The team competed against 70 other Southern California swim teams, finishing an impressive 8th overall. Most of the 30 TCC swimmers had outstanding swims, which included several top 8 finishes.

Top 8 finalists included:

• Samantha Keehn, 10, 50 and 100 butterfly, the 100 and 200 I.M., and the 50 and 200 free
• Dylan Tarazona, 10 – 50 free, 50 breast, 100 I.M.
• Hunter Sa-Nguansap, 9 – 100 butterfly
• Madeline Harbach, 12 -500 free, 100 fly and 200 I.M.
• Oriana Wang, 11 - 200 and 500 free, 50 and 100 fly, 200 I.M.
• Jason Haney, 12 – 50 and 100 breast
• Jordan Harris, 13 – 50, 100 and 200 free, 100 butterfly
• Aaron Woods, 14 – 100 back
• Michael Sanchez, 14 – 200 breast
• Sonia Wang, 9 – 50 and 100 back, 50 and 100 butterfly
• New Sa-Nguansap, 13 – 100 breast
• Noelle Tarazona, 13 – 100 and 200 butterfly, 200 I.M.

Finishing in the consolation bracket (9th-16th) were TCC swimmers:

• Maryzyl Garcera, 9 - 50 butterfly
• Mari Johnson, 10 – 50 butterfly
• Madeline Harbach, 12 – 200 and 500 free, 50 and 100 butterfly, 200 I.M.
• Oriana Wang, 11 – 200 and 500 free, 100 butterfly, 200 I.M.
• Kayla Clark, 13 – 500 free

The exciting swims didn’t end there:

• Tiana Wilson, 9 – lifetime bests in the 50 and 100 back
• Jordan Clark, 10 – first Spring J.O.’s
• Briana Furukawa, 12 – good swims in all of her events
• Tana Wilson, 11 – right at her best in the breast
• Helen Arase, 14 – super effort in the 200 butterfly
• Jade Berniard, 13 – quick 50 free and 200 butterfly
• Tara Bletcher, 13 – makes her “Q” in the 100 breast
• Monique Haney, 13 – big drop in her 1000 free
• Susannah Hine, 14, - lifetime best in the 100 breast
• Alexis Salyer, 13 – best time in the 100 back
• Michael Haney, 11 – awesome swim in the 500 free
• Sam Jardine, 13 – super big drops in the 1000 and 1650 free
• D.J. Tarazona, 14 – best times in the 100 butterfly, 400 I.M. and 1000 free

We want to give big thanks for relay swimmers Katie Lerg, Ben Jardine, Zeph Handley, Raymond Shipman and Jacky Yao - you did a SUPER job!

Congratulations to all of you on a TREMENDOUS swim meet!

TCC SWIM BANQUET

If you visit the photo album pages, you'll see banquet photographs that have been submitted by D.J. Tarazona, David & Grace Arnold, Ms. Barb Harbach and Mr. Jonathan Haney.

All who attended the team banquet are invited to submit digital photographs. They will be posted here for all to enjoy.

As a matter of fact, all are reminded: Send in any team photos and we will post them here for everyone to admire!

HARRIS, SHELLEM AND TARAZONA MAKE A SPLASH IN OREGON

Posted January 28, 2006: Jordan Harris, 14, Samantha Shellem, 13, and Noelle Tarazona, 13, made a huge splash at the Pacific Coast All-Star Meet held at the NIKE World Campus in Beaverton, Oregon. The three TCC youngsters had a great time taking on all-stars from Pacific Swimming, Pacific Northwest Swimming, Oregon and British Columbia.

Southern California Swimming won the competition and our three helped in the win.

Jordan Harris placed 4th in the 50 free, 3rd in the 100 free, 5th in the 200 free and 4th in the 100 fly.

Samantha Shellem won the 200 and 500 free, was 4th in the 100 free, 3rd in the 200 back and 6th in the 100 back.

Noelle Tarazona finished 3rd in both the 200 fly and 400 I.M., 8th in the 100 fly and 10th in the 200 breast.

All three reported they had a great time and we are very proud of their efforts.

WINTER INVITATIONAL RESULTS

Posted January 8, 2006: It was an early Christmas for the TCC coaching staff at the 2005 Winter Invitational held at the Commerce Swim Natatorium. Outstanding female swims included:

• Sam Shellem, 13, had lifetime best times in the 500 free (4:57.04), the 200 free (1:52.91), the 100 free (53.65) and the 200 back (2:06.87). Samantha placed in the top 8 in the 500 free, 200 free and 200 back while finishing 14th in the 100 free.

• New Sa-Nguansap, 13, had her best times in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. She placed 5th overall in the 200 (2:23.28) and 11th in the 100 (1:08.02).

• Noelle Tarazona, 12, turned in a quick 2:08.86 in the 200 butterfly (10th overall) and her best times in both the 400 I.M. (4:37.40, 13th) and 200 backstroke.

• Kirsty Ferrell, 17, was 9th in the 100 fly (57.53), 9th in the 50 free (24.29) and 9th in the 100 free (53.06).

• Chrysanthia Cheung-Lau, 16, placed 12th in the 1650 free while finishing 17th in the 200 fly (2:09.33) and 24th in the 400 I.M. (4:40.63).

• Kristy Beal, 16, had her best time in the 200 breast (2:27.74), placing 13th overall.

The men also lit up the holiday meet with the following swims:

• David Chen, 16, had lifetime bests in both the 100 (48.98) and 200 free (1:46.92), placing him 8th and 15th respectively. He also placed 3rd in the 200 butterfly with a 1:53.28.

• Winner Sa-Nguansap, 16, had a sensational swim in the 400 I.M., finishing 2nd overall with a 4:08.68. Winner also placed 2nd in the 200 fly (1:53.08) and was 11th in both the 200 back and breast.

• Eric Hauck, 15, dropped 40 seconds in his 1650 free swim (16:31.10), placing him 5th overall. Eric also placed 19th in the 1000 free, 23rd in the 500 free and 21st in the 400 I.M.

• David Hine, 17, finished 9th in the 200 back (1:58.45) with a lifetime best time. He was also 18th in the 200 breast (2:16.43) and 21st in the 400 I.M. (4:20.29).

• Dean Holcomb, 16, had his best 1000 free time with a 9:53.92 (13th).

• Jack Wiese, 17, finished in 8th overall in the 100 back (55.03) and 14th in the 100 butterfly (53.02).

ALL STAR SWIMS AT SCS FESTIVAL

Posted January 22, 2006: Samantha Keehn, Sydney Escalante and New Sa-Nguansap had ALL-STAR swims in helping the RED TEAM win the Southern California All-Star Swim Festival this past weekend.

Samantha Keehn, 10, broke 3 meet records in winning the 50 fly, 50 free and 200 free.

Sydney, 10. placed 6th in both the 100 and 200 free while New Sa-Nguansap finished 3rd in the 100 breast (1:07.60, a new team record) and 4th in the 200 IM.

Aaron Woods, 14 won the 100 back (lifetime best 57.53) helping the GREEN TEAM finish in 2nd place.

Aaron was also 4th in the 200 IM and 8th in the 100 breast.

Green members Dylan Tarazona, 10, (4th 50 free, 4th 50 fly, 6th 50 back), Hunter Sa-Nguansap, 9, and Kayla Clark, 13, (6th 500 free) proved they were also all-stars. Oriana Wang, 11, was the only BLUE TEAM member while sister Sonia, 9, helped the YELLOW TEAM by winning the 50 back in meet record time (5th in the 50 fly, 6th in the 100 IM).

Great job everyone!!!!!!!!!

"Q" MEANS QUICK FOR SHELLEM

Posted January 22, 2006: Samantha Shellem achieved her first Senior National time standard at the Senior "Q" Invitational held at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. Sam's time of 4:50.91 (9th place) smashed the Spring National time standard (18 and under) for the 500 free by three seconds. Sam also had best times in the 50 free, 100 free (7th place), 200 free (8th), and 100 back (16th). Sam broke the TCC team records in the 100, 200 and 500 frees.

The meet was also considered a success for several other TCC swimmers:

• Noelle Tarazona, 12, broke 3 team records with best times in the 100 fly, 200 back and 200 breast

• New Sa-Nguansap, 13, finished 11th in the 200 breast and 22nd in the 100 breast

• Kayla Clark, 13, had best times in the 500 free and 200 breast

• Kristy Beal, 16, had her best time in the 100 breast and finished 27th in the 200 breast

• Ashley Woods, 16, had her quickest 50 free ever

• Alicia Witter, 17, had good swims in both the 100 free and 200 back

• Kirsty Ferrell, 17, was 8th in the 50 free and 16th in the 100 fly
  David Chen, 16, was 5th in the 100 fly and 7th in the 200 fly

• David Hine, 16, established a new team record in the 200 breast with a 2:12.08 (19th) and a best time in the 200 back with a 1:58.57 (19th)

• Eric Hauck, 15, swam the 500, 1000 and 1650 frees along with the 400 I.M.

• Winner Sa-Nguansap, 16, placed 16th in both the 200 back and breast while finishing 5th in the 200 fly.

• Jack Wiese, 17, finished 22nd in the 100 back.